Africa-focused explorer Atlantic Lithium( ASX:A11) has obtained an environmental allow from Ghana’s Environmental Safety Company (EPA) for its flagship Ewoyaa lithium challenge in Ghana, West Africa.
In a press launch, Atlantic mentioned the allow permits the challenge to proceed with its proposed actions, as detailed within the firm’s mine and course of setting influence assertion (EIS).
The challenge is at the moment being superior to manufacturing beneath an settlement with Piedmont Lithium (ASX:PLL,NASDAQ:PLL).
“The grant of the EPA allow marks a serious step in direction of the development of Ghana’s first lithium mine and follows a collaborative engagement course of with the EPA and the residents of (the) challenge’s catchment space to make sure their alignment with the Firm’s proposed actions at Ewoyaa,” mentioned Neil Herbert, govt chairman of Atlantic Lithium.
Robust native help has additionally been proven for Ewoyaa, with each public hearings in February and June being effectively attended and answering queries of the challenge’s affected communities.
The corporate mentioned the land it operates is “crucial to the long-term success of the challenge,” which is confirmed to supply a spodumene focus product appropriate that may be transformed to be used in EV batteries.
Ewoyaa can also be anticipated to turn out to be one of many high largest spodumene focus producers on the planet, in response to Atlantic Lithium, with manufacturing of three.6 million tonnes of spodumene focus over a 12 yr mine life.
A July 2024 useful resource estimate for Ewoyaa outlines complete assets of 36.8 million tonnes at 1.24 % lithium oxide.
Atlantic was granted a mining lease for the challenge in October 2023. Beneath this, the corporate was additionally granted unique rights to hold out mining and business manufacturing actions over the Mining Lease space for an preliminary 15-year interval, renewable following Ghanaian laws.
“We look ahead to updating the market on the completion of the remaining steps forward of us, which is able to see Ewoyaa obtain shovel-readiness.”
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